'#ITForParivahan’
is a nationwide online campaign jointly initiated by IT stalwarts Mr. Vinit
Goenka and Dr. Mohandas Pai to crowd source ideas from various stakeholders for
effective governance in transportation sector. Both are Members (IT) Taskforce
in Ministries of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways.

A dedicated
and self-motivated team of 150 technocrats across India had touched more than 1.5
crore fellow citizens in the last two months through this online campaign,
which received an overwhelming response from ~35,000 respondents who expressed
their grievances and shared innovative ideas to improve governance and
efficiency in shipping, road transport and highway sectors.

For any
developed country to sustain growth, it’s transportation network spanning
across ‘Roads, Highways, Ports and Waterways’ is the driving force. To top it
up, Information Technology plays an important tool to improve efficiency,
safety, durability, cost management, timeliness and transparency.

IT
giants like Ms. Debjani Ghosh (Managing Director for South Asia at Intel
Corporation), Mr. Anwar Shirpurwala (Executive Director of MAIT) and Mr. Ashish
Sonal (founder & CEO of ORKASH) have endorsed this online campaign and assisted
Mr. Goenka and Dr. Pai on various stages to bring legitimacy so that ‘#ITForParivahan’
may bring a positive impact in the society and build a powerful and sustainable
India.

Print Media has given considerable coverage to
‘#ITForParivahan’ initiative to create awareness.